sticker

See also: Sticker

English

A sticker on an apple.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪkə(r)

Etymology 1

stick (“to adhere”) +‎ -er (“agent”)

Noun

sticker (plural stickers)

  1. Something that sticks.
  2. An adhesive label or decal.
  3. A brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records.
  4. A price tag.
  5. (by extension) The listed price (also sticker price).
    When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price.
  6. (informal) a burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing
  7. A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation (also kiln sticker).
  8. (colloquial, dated) That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Thackeray to this entry?)
  9. (music) A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
  10. (US, politics) A paster.
  11. (Internet) A cartoonish illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action, similar to an emoji, and may be superimposed on an image.
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References
  • sticker in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • sticker in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • “sticker” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

Verb

sticker (third-person singular simple present stickers, present participle stickering, simple past and past participle stickered)

  1. To apply one or more stickers to (something)
  2. To mark as the sticker price
    • 2009 February 28, Rita Zekas, “DecoRita visits West Elm”, in Toronto Star‎:
      Also out of Africa: a huge hammered copper floor mirror stickered at $449.

Etymology 2

stick (“sticky”, adjective) +‎ -er (“comparative”)

Adjective

sticker

  1. (nonstandard, informal) comparative form of stick: more stick (stickier).
    A sticker type of glue that always stays sticky.

Anagrams

Spanish

Noun

sticker m (plural stickers or sticker)

  1. sticker

Swedish

Verb

sticker

  1. present tense of sticka.
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